Africa and the Middle East

Under $400

1. Sweetwaters Tented Camp, Sweetwaters Game Reserve, Kenya 88.75 ($335)
2. Four Seasons Hotel Cairo at Nile Plaza 88.00 ($340)
3. Four Seasons Hotel Cairo at the First Residence 86.49 ($340)
4. Four Seasons Hotel Amman 81.58 ($368)
5. Fairmont The Norfolk, Nairobi, Kenya 80.65 ($280)

Over $400

1. Fairmont Mara Safari Club, Masai Mara, Kenya 88.46 ($560)
2. Tortilis Camp, Amboseli National Park, Kenya 87.50 ($880)
3. Singita Sabi Sand, Kruger National Park, South Africa 87.21 ($2,600)
4. Jao Camp, Moremi Game Reserve, Botswana 86.84 ($2,670)
5. Kichwa Tembo, Masai Mara, Kenya 86.67 ($855)

Australia, New Zealand and the South Pacific

Under $400

1. Four Seasons Hotel Sydney 78.42 ($370)
2. Observatory Hotel, Sydney 78.13 ($325)
3. InterContinental Sydney 75.45 ($332)
4. Millbrook, Queenstown, New Zealand 74.19 ($304)
5. Park Hyatt Melbourne 73.00 ($311)

Over $400

1. Huka Lodge, Taupo, New Zealand 81.25 ($1,833)
2. Treetops Lodge and Wilderness Experience, Rotorua, New Zealand 76.32 ($647)
3. Bora Bora Lagoon Resort & Spa 72.92 ($691)
4. Hotel Bora Bora 72.83 ($742)
5. The Westin Sydney 71.64 ($551)

*Throughout, hotel prices are for a standard double room, high season (resorts) or rack rate (city hotels).